The House of Representative voted to impeach President Donald Trump on two articles i.e. of abusing his office and powers and obstruction Congress. The President allegedly refused to co-operate with the impeachment inquiry, withholding documentary evidence and barring his key aides from giving evidence. It passed by 230 votes to 197 to approve the lawmakers voted to impeach him over his conduct of military aid to Ukraine and pressure its government to investigate former vice president Joe Biden, a potential 2020 Democratic opponent. Trump is the third President to face trial. The Republicans supported Donald Trump grieving about the process while the Democrats stood against Trump. The Democrats' defectors were Reps. Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted in favour of the abuse of power article and against obstruction of Congress. Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard voted "present" on both charges - effectively an abstention.
The
evidence is clear that President Trump took advantage of Ukraine's
vulnerability and abused the powers of his office to pressure Ukraine to help
his re-election campaign," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold
Nadler, D-N.Y. "This is the highest of high crimes, and President Trump
must be held to account."
"When
we say we uphold the Constitution, we are not talking about a piece of
parchment," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee. "We're talking about a beautiful architecture in
which ambition is set against ambition, in which no branch of government can
dominate another."
He
added, "That is what it means to uphold the Constitution. If you ignore
it, if you say the president may refuse to comply, may refuse lawful process,
may coerce an ally, may cheat in an election because he's the president of our
party, you do not uphold our Constitution."
House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “Very sadly, now our founders' vision of a republic
is under threat from actions from the White House," Pelosi said. She
added, "If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty." She
said Trump had forced Congress's hand because he had "violated the
Constitution."
After
the House voted Trump rallied in
Battle Creek, Michigan with his supporters and told the crowd "This
lawless partisan impeachment is a suicide march for the Democratic Party,"
He added, "After three years of sinister witch hunts, hoaxes, scams,
tonight House Democrats are trying to nullify the ballots of tens of millions
of patriotic Americans." He told a cheering crowd: "While we're
creating jobs and fighting for Michigan, the radical left in Congress is
consumed with envy and hatred and rage, you see what's going on."
A
trial is set to take place in the Senate in the New Year. After the Trial
Senate votes on whether to convict the President or not. If less than two-third
of the Senate vote to convict President will remain in office but if two-thirds(67%)
of the Senate vote to convict then Trump is removed from the office and Vice
President takes over.
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